Man, the Hangi was amazing. A hangi is a way of cooking food. Basically, you stick the food in a hole in the ground and it's cooked with steam because of all the geysers in NZ. Note that the geysers smell like a mixture of rotten eggs, old PE uniforms with a touch of public toilets... yes, it can be that bad. The food, however, is amazing. I tried some venison, that was interesting but I don't think I'll eat it again.
The best bit about the hangi wasn't the food it was the Maori show that was afterwards. There was traditional dances and songs. After a while they asked for female volunteers. I went up because I'm braver than my mum (HA Gryffindor, I am Brave and I'm "just a Badger"). I learnt how to Poi dance. Now, a poi is like a soft ball on a rope. You twirl it over your head, out to the side, in front of you, I think the professionals can twirl it behind them. You also have to be able to catch it. Here are the pictures!
Before we ate we met a Maori warrior, he was pretty cool.
In that last photo, my dad and brother are doing the haka.They seemed to enjoy it.
So a recap of why I think this is worth thrill points. 1) I ate deer for goodness sake 2)I got up and learnt a new dance and then performed it to a room full of strangers.
Let me know what you think.
Love Zara
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